The Cure “Lullaby” 1989. 12″ single (US version). The first single from their album Disintegration feels right for today: a lullaby for that sense of finally being able to exhale and relax though the song itself is more often interpreted as waking from a nightmare (check out the video linked!). “Lullaby” went to #5 in the UK and to #74 in the US (though hit the US alternative chart at #23 and the dance chart at #31). This 12″ single has the “extended remix” version; the US B-side has two live tracks: “Homesick (live)” and “Untitled (live).” The UK 12″ B-sides are “Babble” and “Out of Mind” – the variation because “Fascination Street” (a US-only single, the first single released from Disintegration in the US) had these two songs as its B-side and they didn’t want to repeat the tracks. The Cure recorded the live performances at Wembley Arena during the summer of ‘89; the two songs also appear on the 1991 France-only live album Entreat. All three tracks on this 12″ are lush, gothy Cure (the best kind!): dark, kind of creepy, very beautiful.